BOARD00950

• Board Meeting Date: 9/6/1985
• Description: Meeting Notes & Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

III. Flow and Te~perature Regimes

A. Define and ensure implementation of flow regimes (and

timing), and temperature requirements for the ecologically impor~
tant areas identified in Part I above.

l. Since these regimes must be determined and implemen-

ted as soon as possible, this will necessarily require

the use of best available scientific data. To the

extent uncertainties exitt, a conservative approach

should be used in setting specific flow and temperature

requirements. If subsequent investigation reveals that

less stringent requirements will assure restoration of

these species, the requirements could be relaxed.
Setting the flow and temperature requirements will

require the drafting task-force to assign to a techni-

cal task force the responsibility for identifying a

flow and temperature regime for each stream segment.

2. There is a close correlation between flow conditions

and water temperature for successful reproduction of

squaw fish. This can be dealt with on the Creen River,

for example, by requiring Flaming Gor\re to L)~ operated

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sot hat by the end 0 f J un e' 1110.:-: i !il u:n [10 h'~, a t ~; ens e n I

Utah, are approximately 2,000 cfs and that water temp-

erature is at least 20. C to stimulate spawning, These

flow conditions nlust be stable through Allgust to Illaln-

tain nursery habitat,

Similar regimes ItJill lye set (or othCl- monitoring

points, specifically includinq PalisZluc, ;~ub,:, C:ClI1~'O:1

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